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rafiKted th « m faerrtisrfoB id proceed through Hdrhi to raS ^ Mri Ma ^ accempftHfed by flegro attetodaftfs , waTeverywhek treated with great hospitality ; He vfeited AWbeototta , where there is a flourishing m-lsswtfr At the last adeennta , he was waiting at Fernando Po , ta retara with the steamship Sunbeam . Up to the time of his leaving the Wrecked party , only one white ntan and one Black man had died from the unhealthiness of the climate . _ Ckntbai . AtBiOA . — -We have news from Dr . Baikie np to October 81 . He was then at an encampment near Ye > a , in Central Africa , making observations and collecting specimens of birds , plants , and animals . Some of this treasure , especially his books , and some unknown fiah , had been lost in a wreck . The books can be sop * plied from home , and the lost specimens of natural history may be replaced . Dr . Baikie seetns to enjoy good health , and speaks hopefully of his enterpiSse .- " -
Aihinceum . Official AF ! POiNTMENTS .- ^ -The Hon . W . George Jerningham , Secretary of Legation at ttto Janeiro , ie appointed Charge' d'Affaires and Consul-General for Pern in the room of Mr . Stephen Henry Stillrvan , deceased . Mr . Charles Purdie is appointed a Queen ' s messenger for foreign service , in the room of Mr . Power , resigned . Mr , Furdie was employed as an extra coatier on the route from London to Constantinople , froni the beginning of the Russian war , and gave so much satis * faction aa to lead to his present permanent appointment . Mr . Henry Hart Davis is employed as extra courier , in succession to Mr . Purdie .
Professor Fabadat ' s LECTUREs .- ^ -The sixth and last of his course of juvenile lectures on ' Static Electricity ' Was given by Professor Faraday at the Royal Institution last Saturday . The Prince of Wales was in the chair » as on the previous occasion , and the three young Orleans princes , and several other persons of distinction , were present . The lecture was of a highly instructive and entertaining kind , and the experiments were moat beautiful , not only in a scientific sense , but aa mere effects for the gratification of the eye . " In dismissing the audience , " says the account hi the daily papers , " Mr . Faraday-made a few graceful remarks expressive of the pleasure which the delivery of the
lectures had given him , and thanked H . R . H . the Prince of Wales for attending , and thus justifying his attempt to popularize science for the young . The learned and kind Professor was londly applauded , and for an hour after the lecture he was surrounded by a mob of scientifically disposed youngsters of both sexes , whom he encouraged , assisted , and indulged with fresh experiments . " Australia . —A most disastrous fire occurred on the 9 th of November at Port Adelaide , South Australia . It broke out in the shop of an ironmonger on the North Parade , speedily spread through an entire block of shops and houses ([ some of which were wooden ) , and caused a loss of property estimated at from 100 , 000 / . to 250 , 0002 . No lives , however , were lost .
The Eabi . of Winohhjbea died on Friday week at Haverholme Priory , near Sleaford , Lincolnshire , in the sixty-seventh year of his age . He belonged to the ultra-Protestant and Protectionist party , and used to rave against Roman Catholic . Emancipation , the endowment of Maynooth , and Free-trade , with exhaustless energy and extravagant fury . The fact , however , of his having fought a duel with the Duke of Wellington , when the gfeat general declared in favour of according to the Papists their natural rights , did him some injury with the Exeter Hall party , to which , indeed , he always belonged , without ! attaining that eminence In the body which otherwise he might have reached .
Attempted Sujtoedes . —A very fashionably dressed girl , About eighteen years of age , who stated that she was a lady ' s maid out of employ , threw herself from the bridge over the Serpentine into the water . Crinoline , however , was her salvation . The hoops which ohe wore under he * garments expanded to their full dimensions , and Conducted the girl down to the water aa if she bad bttn in a balloon . She- floated safely on the surface till a constable who was on the banks obtained assistance from the Royal Humane Society ; and the only damage received was a cold ducking . —Captain CaseyT R . M ., after suffering for some days at Sheernoas from severe ague and , fever , seized a razor while in a fit of delirium , but , by the interference of bis wife , waa prevented from doing
any Injury *© himself beyond a slight wound . He wan removed , however , to the Naval Hospital , whore he is progrttMlng favourably . Mb . JLitlwam .. —Arrangements are in progress to carry into effect a proposition made early hi last spring , to present Mt . Lilwall with * substantial tribute of respect and gratitude on the part of those who have witnessed , ^ nd " those whT"hdve ' p * dflted-byrhis"untiring-devotion-to the early doting movement . Mr . Lilwall commenced his career of gratuitous service in this good cause in 1008 r and has been for * long series of years ita acknowledged leader . He waa aluo one of the originators , and hat been the leader of fill public efforts on behalf of the general half-holiday movement . A public meeting in support of tblt object will shortly be held , at which the J 5 « ri of Shaftevbury has consented to preside .
TBEKniwa ojt Demu . — We understand that the Government of India has ordered an inquiry for the pur * pose , . of , Meertataing whether the statements modo by the * Hmd . qf Jfa < Ua «» to the treatment of the King of IWbi jutd . hi * man tnw . — && « .
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LATEST FROM INDIA . The subjoined telegram to the East India House was published last night : — " To Sir James Mellvill , East India House . ' * The garrison of Futtehpore , pressed by insurgents , has abandoned part of their entrenchments , and has taken up another and more secure position . "A column from Delhi , under Colonel Seaton , attacked a body of insurgents atGenigre [ Genowree ?] on the Neetnuddy f ?] River , and defeated theiri , killing one hundred and fifty , and taking three guns out of four . Three officers were killed and one wounded on our side . Brigadier WhiCelock ' s column had arrived at Secunderabad on December 14 tb , en route for Saugor . The insurgents in the neighbourhood of Jubbulpore , were attacked on the 25 th of November by a detachment of the 47 th Native Infantry , without any decisive result . Reinforcements were advancing to Jubbulpore . " The Rajah of Amjheera and his Minister have been tried and sentenced to death . The minister has been hanged . The sentence on the Rajah awaits the confirmation of the Government of India . Other executions have also taken place . Punjab , Scinde , and Bombay , all quiet . No further Bheel depredations are reported , and quiet prevails generally . *• H . L . Anderson , Secretary to Government . " Bombay , Dec . 24 , 1857 . "
Remarking on this , a contemporary calls the reader ' s attention to the fact that the telegraphic communication between Bombay And Bengal has been interrupted , and observes that this may explain the absence of intoIH gence from Oude and Cawnpore , It is understood that Sir Colin Campbell has removed General Windham from his command , and that the General ' s offered resignation was peremptorily anticipated . Last night's Gazette promotes Brigadier Inglis to the rank of Major-General for his splendid defence of Luclcnow . -- ^ The' --Victorift-CJrofl 8-ha 8-been ^ hestowed-Pn ^ . 0 ftpt « iln . Havelock , son of the late General , and upon a lieutenant and two privates engaged in the campaign for the relief of Lucknow .
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Execution at Paislrt . —John Thpmaon , ^ the roan who poisoned Agnea Montgomery at Eaglesham , was executed at Paisley on Thursday . Calcraft was the hangman , and , as unual , performed hits work in « very bungling and hurried manner . Thomson behaved with calmness ; but this was evidently the result of great effort , as he appeared to suffer very much mentally . He lias « onfe « Be < l to having , when only nine years old , killed a boy intentionally , by throwing him into a quarry hole .
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EKftATWH . —In * Christianity or Cas € e / in last week ' s number , for ' arrested the short-time legislation , read * assisted , &c . '
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There is nothing eo revolutionary , beeause there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixedwben all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —De . Askoxd .
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THE NEW GOVERNMENT FOR INDIA . As onr governing system is at present constituted , the danger is , that the East India Company may be abolished in favour of some administrative establishment at once less efficient , more exclusive , and not so free from the practice of political jobbery . Two merits , at least , the Company may claim . It has generally promoted the best men to the highest offices , and it is exempt , as a body , from
charges of corruption . The worst appointments ever made in India have been made by the Crown . The Directors have , of course , favoured their personal friends , and have bestowed their patronage , to some degree , upon the principle of favouritism , but it has never been their habitual policy to sacrifice to nepotiam the interests of the empire . The Indian civil staff has been at all times one of
the most remarkable bodies of men in the world . Therefore , although prepared for change , we do not desire that public opinion should precipitately desire to transfer the government of India from the hands of the Company to that of the Crown . With the double machinery , we have certain checks and guarantees ; and let us take care that , in framing a new system , influence * is not substituted for responsibility , An immense Euror pean army is to be placed under a new jurisdiction ; and the country will make a bad bargain if it drives a scapegoat into the desert , and , at the same time , opens the door to the seven devils of the patronage of the Horse Guards and Whitehall . The
House of Commons is a great regulator , but in two state departments its action is scarcely felt;—in diplomacy , we mean , and in military administration * ! Now , really to place India under the control of Parliament might be an excellent reform ; bat it ia not improbable that , with Whigfjery working in secret until the reopening ot fch 0 session , the Xiegpslature may be taken by storm , and discover , when too late , that , in sweeping away on encumbrance , must
they have created a monopoly . For , it be remembered , the Bast India Company i » - ~ ao- ~ lQnger .-jnfcQtt ^ it was a monopoly , and happily so , for reason * which CowiniiiiAO justifiea ; but the Indian services are now open , and to close them , and erect a barrier of caste , it will only bo neceaaory to pass over the jurisdiction to a peer ; a » sham council , and a Court Commander-in-Chief . Attempts are made to explain away the danger of patronage ; but not even special pleading has touched the main point at issue * Wo know that the aftee » hundred comnw **
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Leader Oftiob , Saturday , January 16 . ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE FHENCH EMPEROR . Another attempt—again unattended with success—has been made on the life of iLouis Napoleon . It occurred on Thursday night' at half-past eight o ' clock , as the Emperor and Empress -were arriving at the Opera . According to the account in yesterday ' s Moniteur ( which , however , must of course be received -with allowance)—" threre explosions of shells were heard . A number of the crowd who were standing by the doorway , and several of the soldiers of the escort and of the Garde de Paris , were wounded—two of them mortally . " Neither the Emperor nor the Empress was touched ; a piece of shell , however , pierced his Majesty ' s hat , and General Roguet , aide-de-camp in waiting , who was sitting in the carriage , was slightly wounded on the back of the head . The carriage itself was much shattered . Two footmen were wounded , and one of the horses killed . " The Emperor ; and Empress , on entering the Opera , were received with the warmest enthusiasm . The course of the performance went on as usual . "On hearing of the event which had taken place , their Imperial Highnesses Jerome Napoleon and the Prince Napoleon , the Princess Mathilde , as well as Prince Murat , the Ministers , several Marshals and great functionaries , the members of the diplomatic body , and the Prefects of the Seine and of Police , the Procureur-G € ne * ral of the Court of Paris , and the Procureur Imperial , attended their Majesties . The ' instruction ' was at once commenced , and several arrests were effected . " Their Majesties left the Opera at midnight . The Boulevards weTe spontaneously illuminated , and a vast concourse of people cheered the Emperor and the Empress most enthusiastically and touchin gly as they passed on their way to the Tuileries . On arrivingthere their Majesties found a great number of persons — amongst whom were the Ambassador of England , the President of the Senate , members of the diplomatic body , and several senators—waiting to offer their con-¦ gratulations . " A telegram in the Globe says that three persons were killed and sixty wounded . The latter included the Controleur de l'Opera , an officer of police , and two ladies who were at a window . The projectiles used were conical . Amongst the arrested are three foreigners . It is stated in one account that both the Emperor and Empress received a few very slight scratches .
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SATURDAY , JANUARY 16 , 1858 .
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NOTICES 1 O CO&ftESPONJMBN . tS . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we re * « ttfve . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press ot mfttter ; and when omitted , tt is Vr « meatfy from reasons quite independent of the merit l » t > rth « Communication . Several communications unavoidably Stand 6 ver . No notice can be taken of anonymous correspondence . Whatever is intended for insertion nmtt be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of his good faith . We Cannot undertake to return rejected communications
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 16, 1858, page 58, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2226/page/10/
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